Tag: Vietnam
Trump says when he was eligible for the Vietnam draft in 1968, "nobody had ever heard of the country." But there were 540,000 Americans fighting there.
Holbrooke’s youthful idealism evolved into realism, if not cynicism, as he acquiesced to the ironic reality of post-Vietnam national security politics in Washington.
This week's ceremonies honoring the veterans of D-Day render the commander-in-chief's cluelessness about war and sacrifice even more humiliating.
After the U.S. was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, the United States ignored the Powell doctrine -- and the costs are evident all around us.
With Trump holding the nuclear codes, Americans fear his reckless bluster could lead to catastrophe. They have a point.
We always knew Kellyanne Conway loves to party — and she was celebrating the anniversary of Trump’s election when Jimmy Kimmel caught up to her. With the president in Vietnam for an international conference, Conway ...
This is the old ‘guns vs. butter’ scenario taught to young students in elementary economics classes. If economics is a matter of choices over scare resources, and if budgets are a way to project your ...
At the end of last week’s Women’s March, hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children wearing knitted pink pussy (cat) hats exited the Mall and poured up 15th street, next to the Treasury Building ...
In the waning months of his presidency, Barack Obama seeks to redefine U.S. foreign policy, most recently in his embrace of one of the biggest phantoms of the Cold War battlefield: Vietnam.
Nobody should be shocked to hear a right-wing chicken-hawk disparaging a worthy veteran at this late date. In the Republican Party, it is standard operating procedure — and for any Republican to pretend otherwise now ...
Hanoi (AFP) — American parents will again be allowed to adopt Vietnamese children, authorities said Tuesday, ending a six-year ban imposed after allegations of baby-selling and fraud but with new restrictions. Two American agencies have ...
By Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times President Barack Obama awarded two men the Medal of Honor on Monday afternoon for their bravery during the Vietnam War. In a ceremony at the White House, Obama bestowed ...
During the spring of 1975, as Washington policymakers confronted the inevitability of a North Vietnamese victory against the U.S.-backed government of South Vietnam, they made a decision that layered dishonor on the American defeat. They ...
